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With yesterday's torrential rains, Gothamist wondered how much subway service would be screwed up. While it was nothing like September of 2004, it turns out that the only real problem was the flash flooding at the Broadway-Nassau Street station. Water flooded into a token booth (scary!) in the afternoon and workers had to redirect commuters for four hours to other stations. This made Gothamist think about the NY magazine article about the subway crisis and the part about the rising water tables in the city. We were at the Columbus Circle station (right), where water was collecting in the tracks; we admit we hoped to see a drowned rat or sparks from the third rail.
And in the midst of the subway mucking, NYC Transit announced that they are buying 500 hybrid buses, which will cut down on pollution. It's the little things, of course.
Update: Reader Melissa wants to know what was happening with the 4/5/6 and F trains - no downtown service apparently. Any takers? And a person was hit by a train at Columbus Circle this morning.
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I was waiting for the uptown B or D at the rockerfeller stop (50th - 47th) at 9:30 last night, and there were FIVE F trains and TWO V trains over the course of 40 minutes, until a D finally showed up. "Rain" is such a bullshit excuse.
Crappy subway service, garbled public announcements, dirty and/or hot cars/stations, pushers, jumpers, muggers, killers, vermin, fare increases, etc. The MTA - you can count on them to guarantee that you don't count.
When it rains, I have email problems. With Verizon. I have a colleague who lives about 10 blocks away who has problems with her Verizon phone service when it rains...
Also yesterday, problems with the 2 train...it wasn't going downtown for a while...
It doesn't surprise me that someone was hit at Columbus Circle. They're doing some sort of construction down there which has reduced many parts of the A/C/B/D platform to narrow little passageways. And of course, because people are IDIOTS, they wait on these thin stretches (clogging them further) instead of walking past them to the wider parts of the platform like they're supposed to. This makes it very difficult and scary to walk from one end of the platform to the other, or to transfer to the 1/9 upstairs. It's amazing that someone doesn't fall on to the tacks or into the path of a speeding train every day.
The Strange thing yesterday: No apparent delays for the F train in Queens. It was Bizzare as Queens Plaza often experiences flooding issues when it rains that much.
It was a pleasant surprise.
yeah exactly. while i waited for the fucking b/d for 40 minutes, a total of 7 trains went by on the f/v side. thats why i think the whole rain excuse is bullshit. i've lived in nyc for 30 years. as far as i can remember, rain is not a new phenomenon.
hey anna - that man who was killed today was a friend of mine, and he was no IDIOT. He was a generous man with a wife and children. You should be ashamed of yourself.
angry anon, I'm sorry for your loss, but:
1) You're talking to the wrong commenter
2) She's not saying your friend was an idiot for falling into the track but in fact, she's saying that the idiots who stand in the narrow area create a dangerous environment for other passengers, possibly including your friend. Huge difference.